Leaf for loose-leaf ledgers.



--A'LPH JORDAN WILSON, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

T all whom/it may concern.'

Be it known that I, 'RALPH J. Willson, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of G ook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leaves for Loose- Leaf Ledgers; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a accompanying drawings,

form a part of this specification.v l

This invention relates to improvements in loose leaf ledgers, vand refers more specifically to a novel supplementalsheetfor such ledgers adapted to be regular pages of the ledgerto segregate a given class of accounts from-the body of the accounts to permit `ready reference to the segregated accounts, said supplemental leaves being also adapted to receive thereon memoranda relating` to the history and character ofthe account 'with which it is associated and contained in the adjacent page, so

that by comparing the accountwith 'its historical data any person 4having access to the ledger, whether he is familiar withI the .account or not, will at once know the character of the account and the manner in which it is to be treated for collections orv otherwise. As a means ier segregating'accounts of 'a given class, the supplemental leaves are fas- 1 tened 1n the ledger by means which permit them to be shitedfin their planes so that in one position portions o them are exhibited beyond the margins of the main leaves, in another position .they are concealed between the main leaves; the exhibited por- 'tion of the supplemental leaf constituting means to segregate the associated account.

and to enable the same for inspection.

specific use been adapted'is to readily locate delinquent accounts in a ledger, and to provide means whereby a history ofthe account may be leptin compact Jform, and in such relation to the ac ount as to be readily compared thereto, and also to provide means whereby `to bereadily located the particular manner for collecting the .ac-

count may be noted, so that persons having to do with the account, such as'the bookkeeper, collector, salesman, or credit man, may have at hand for ready reference a complete and concise historyof vthe account and Specification of Letters lPatent.

full, clear, and exact de-J scription thereof, reference being had'to the' l and to the charac4 4ters of reference marked thereon, ,whicht interleaved with the A gins of the main leaves. 'changesr its character so as not to require detach'ed,

for which my invention has Patenten June 15, 1915.

Ap'puaaon fuea November 1s, 1914. serial Nb. 872,900.

the manner in which the collections thereon" are intended to be handled. -j l- It is a'feature of my invention that `the supplemental leaf is attached'to the ledger between the main leaves in such a 'way that while occupying one position it is contained wholly between Vthe main leaves and is thereby concealed, and when4 occupying'anotherv position it projects from the main leaves at one 'margiuof" the ledger' so to indicate the location of the associated account. This resultfmay be'eifected in a practical manner by -providing the attaching margin of the supplemental leaf with two sets of perforationsto engage over the binding posts of the ledger, one set being slightly below the other. In practice it is desirable toexpose-fbut a small portion of the supplemental leaf as,

for ihstance, a relatively small tab at one I edgethereof. When an account becomes delinquent, or for other reason it is'f'desirable to quickly locate an account of a certain class,

the supplemental leaf isdetached from the: -5

posts, shifted upwardly and reattached thereto in a position in which the tab or other portion is exhibited beyond the mar- When the account special attention the lleaf is again and attached to the posts in a position in` which the sameV is concealed within the ledger.

I have' shown in the drawings one form of my improved` ledger leaf as applfedio the ordinary loose leaf ledger.

As therein shownz--Figure l is a plan /view of an open ledger Vshowing my novel supplementalllea in position to exhibit af lportion thereof beyond the margins of lthe'` main leaves of the ledger. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a supplemental leaf in its4 concealed position. Fig. 3 is a plan view,-

'on an enlarged scale, showing the supplemental leaf in its concealed position .and

villustrating the manner of attaching it to the-binding posts of the ledger.

As shown in the drawings, 10 designates, as a' whole, the supplemental ledger leaf referred to. It is provided at its. attaching' margin with two sets of perfor-ations 11, 12, respectively, adapted to tit over the binding posts 14 of thev ledger by which-the main, leaves 15 thereofare heldin place. -A The said supplemental Aleaf is made Ynarrower lthan the mainv leaves 15. It is ruled on one v plied oif. bothsides to'receive data'relating to the account ,with which it is associated. 4As

herein shown, it is ruled to provide at its topa space 16 toreceive the 'name of the account. Below said space and near the left handinargin-of the 1eaf,'it.is ruled to .pro-y videfal space 17 to indicate'in .what manner the account is to be collected'. Below the .Salesman,

heading oi the lspace How to collect are printed indicia, such as lector, Phone, Letters, Draft to. indicate in what manner the account Yis to be collected. .Y -At the right hand rvside .of said space 17A isprovided a vertical column 18 in which af check mark'is indorsed opposite to theparticular designation indicating,.the'A manner in which the account is to be collected. For instance, if the account is tobe collected by the salesman, a check .mark is placed inthe v'column 18 afterthe word a check mark lected by the regular collector,

` opposite the is-enteijed in lthe column 18v word Collector. If the account is, to be remarks; with`respectlto"the character ofl .thefaccounh n l Y' In Figs. 1 and.,3 vis shown the. exhibited attended toby telephone, letter or, sight draft, acheck mark `will be placed in column 18 opposite the particular appropriate des- -i iation. r

o her spaces-19, 20 and 21, thefirst to re-` vBelow thejs'pace 18 is `arranged ceive data'with respect-to letters written, the secoudto receive' the salesmans report,

and the third toreceive the collectons-'jre` port. Above' said spaces 20 andn21 is a l space 22 which m'ay befde'voted 'togeneral osition of 'the suppl`emental.leaf, in which position itis attached byengagcinent of the perforations 11 with the' binding.posts 14. i .In this position .the

.exhibition ltab 423 or other part, of the leaf.` to .be exhibited is located above the top margins of the main leaves but within the covers 2+ of the ledger. When the supplemental leaf is :ipto locate delinquent accounts in" a .ledger each delinquent account has interleaved accounts whether the salesman, collector, bookeeper or credit man may,wi thout consulting any one else, readily find orlocate all the .delinquent accounts and have /at hand for `ready reference a'complete history l"of the account, the manner in which itisto.

.- be collected, etc. With suchaccounts where su'eh service is required'at' intervals, the sup pleinental leaf maybe lowered within they Salesman, Coland if the account is-to be col- V therewith one ot` the supplementalv sheets, and any one having to do with the ledger when the account is normal so as not t0 be exhibited. At the'same'I time the history of theV account remains in its proper `place for ready' inspection, l,and ,the leaves may be adjusted when requiredv to exhibit4 l them when thegaccount becomes delinquent.

Preferably, the supplemental leaf is seA related to the last page of the account that it lies opposite" to the said last page when `the book is open, asindicated in Fi s. `1 and 2. However, in practice, the supp emental leaves will be, ruled on both sides SOthat,`

when necessary, the two sides of the leafv nay receive data relating to the account.

tion with delinquent accounts',it will beimV body o f accounts in the ledger.

j I elaimas my invention :fi 1 1. A 'loose vleaf ledger provided withleaf attaching-posts'and vwith main leaves' havi* y ing perforations to engage over ysaid posts,

with a. supplemental/ leaf", prog 85.

combined vided with two sets of perforations for'sepa-- v'rate engagementwith said-posts andvpro@ I vided at one mar in with a 2. A ledger lea for the purpose setforth provided at its attaching margin with-two' A Vsets of perforations .adapted to separately.

ing'tab.

3. A supplemental anchoring means y gin with a projecting tab, said'leafbeingfurther provided near one mai-glu 'with la space. to receive the naine of the ledger ae- 1 count to which the leaf isappr6priated,

,with Aother spaces to severally .receive indicia relative to the mannerv of collecting the account, and with-other .record spaces receive 'from A relativeto the collection'of theaecount.

In testimony, .that I'cl'aim the foregoing .i i. 1,10 U

as my invention I aixmy signature .in the presence of two witnesses',thi s 17th day 'of November, A.

Witnesses:

W. L. HALL', l G. E. Downs.

engage over the ledger leaf attaching posts, y and providedat one Amargin with a project- .Y l

ledger'sheet orthe purpose lset forthprovided at its attached. .95 margin with two sets vof fastening means.; Y

,adapted to separately engage the ledger .leaf

and provided at'one mar- .ies f severally appropriated to theindica data to t'me to time historical data D.1914.. Y RALPH JORDAN Winsen.. 

